complot

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Jack Reacher descubre un complot a nivel estatal para culpar a Susan Turner, la antigua jefa de su unidad, de traición al gobierno.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 20, 2019

Rodoricke, thou highly favourest me in this And doubt not, if my complot take effect, Ile make thee Duke of Burbon.

From A Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 3 by Bullen, A. H. (Arthur Henry)

And here they found John when they stole in one after the other, soft-footed, that the boy might suspect no complot.

From The Marriage of Elinor by Oliphant, Mrs. (Margaret)

My businesse craves the absence of the world: None but my selfe and Rodoricke shall behold The secret complot that I doe intend.

From A Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 3 by Bullen, A. H. (Arthur Henry)

I will leaue not a root, a stalke, a tree, A bowe, a branch, a blossome, nor a leafe,— Not, not a hearb within this garden plot, Accursed complot of my miserie!

From The Spanish Tragedie by Kyd, Thomas